Improvement in stiff-hat flanges



L. L. SMITH, F..L.- KNABLE & H. P. SMITH. Stiff-Hat Flange.

No. 218,787. Patented Aug. 19, 1879.

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PETERS. PHOTO-LIIHOG n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEWIS L. SMITH,FREDERICK L. KNABLE, AND HENRY F. SMITH, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN STlFF-HAT FLANGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2] 8,787, dated August19, 1879; application filed January 27, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, LEwIs LEANDER SMITH, FREDERICK LEONARD KNABLE, andHENRY FRANoIs SMITH, of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stiff-Hat Flanges,of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of one of our improved flanges. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same, part being broken away to show the construction. Fig.3 is an end view of the same, illustrating the mode of separating theflange from the hat. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the stand.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved flange for use inshaping the brims of stiff hats, and which shall be so formed that itmay be removed from the hat without changing the shape of the brim.

The invention consists in a flange for shaping the brims of stiff hats,made in two parts, with the lines of division at the front and rearsides, and with the end edges of the one part convex and the end edgesof the other part concave, to adapt the flange to be withdrawn from thehat without changing the shape of the hat-brim, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents the stand upon which the flange is placed when in use, andwhich has a shoulder around its bottom for the lower edge of the flangeB to rest upon. The stand Ais made of such a height that its upper edgemay correspond with the upper edge of the flange B, and its cavityismade large enough to receive and fit upon the body of the hat.

The upper edge or top of the flange B is made of the exact shaperequired to be given to the hat-brim. The flange B is made in two parts,meeting each other at the front and rear sides of the flange, and theend edges of the one part are convex and the end edges of the other partconcave, as shown in the drawings.

With this construction, when the hat-brim has been properly shaped, andthe hat is to be removed from the flange, the flange B is raised fromthe stand A, and the lower edge of one of its parts is turned outward,as shown in Fig. 3, which movement withdraws the said part from the hatwithout changing the shape of its brim. The other part is then withdrawnfrom the hat by a similar movement. The parts of the flange B are keptin place upon the shoulder of the stand A by dowel-pins C attached tothe said shoulder, and which enter holes in the lower edges of the partsof the said flange.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A flange for shaping the brims of stiffhats,made in two parts, with the lines of division at the front and rearsides, and with the end edges of the one part convex and the end edgesof the other part concave, to adapt the flange to be withdrawn from thehat without changing the shape of the hat-brim,.su'bstantially as hereinshown and described.

Witnesses:

HENRY ALFRED BROWN,

his JAMES DONOHUE.

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